Linux nForce Driver
Version: 1.0-0248
Release Date: November 26, 2002
Release Highlights for 1.0-0248:
- Added PCI ID support for nForce2 MCP2-T and MCP2-A to the i810_audio driver.
- Cleanup of spec file and Makefiles
- SRPMs and tar files now use local system's i810_audio.c file, and complain if not there (this makes them more distribution independent)
- Changed code to compile properly with gcc3.X and gcc2.X
- Added support for Mandrake9.0 and Redhat8.0
- nForce2 support for network driver
This page contains drivers and documentation for the nForce chipset. The chipset includes hardware support for IDE disk control, ethernet networking, audio support, win modem support, and a USB controller. These packages have support for ethernet networking and basic ACI audio. USB and IDE hardware will work with standard Linux drivers. There is no win modem support.
To download and install the drivers, follow the steps below:
STEP 1: Review the NVIDIA Software License. You will need to accept this license prior to downloading any files.
STEP 2: Review Documentation
STEP 3: Download Drivers
To simplify installation, the suite of nForce Linux drivers are bundled into a single package. If you are using one of the distributions mentioned below, and haven't installed a different kernel (or significantly modified the default one), the installation will be very simple. If you don't use one of the distributions listed or have a custom kernel, please choose one of the alternative installation packages.
Directly Supported Distributions
These links contain binary RPMs with drivers and documentation for installing nforce drivers in these major linux distributions.
| Kernel Supported | Kernel Driver Package | MD5 Sum |
| Mandrake 8.2 | NVIDIA_nforce-1.0-0248.mdk82up_2.4.18_6.athlon.rpm | 8f3d0f7ea658400b9b7764fd572d4940 |
| Mandrake 9.0 | NVIDIA_nforce-1.0-0248.mdk90up_2.4.19_16.athlon.rpm | 6c0566a69de08cb1ae810d723cbc38a6 |
| Red Hat 7.3 | NVIDIA_nforce-1.0-0248.rh73up_2.4.18_3.athlon.rpm | a5a4b2b782266f6f9e8c8465c7f972fa |
| Red Hat 7.3 (Kernel Upgrade) | NVIDIA_nforce-1.0-0248.rh73up_2.4.18_5.athlon.rpm | ed84bbb0c4408a288efaec36b062fe18 |
| Red Hat 8.0 | NVIDIA_nforce-1.0-0248.rh80up_2.4.18_14.athlon.rpm | 8567db75572ff8e7383e24a36d250b25 |
| Red Hat 8.0 (Kernel Upgrade) | NVIDIA_nforce-1.0-0248.rh80up_2.4.18_17.athlon.rpm | fd2d8ae9dee5a2f20b235e26d914a14a |
| SuSE 8.1 (updated 1/27/2003) |
NVIDIA_nforce-1.0-0248.suse81.i586.rpm | c007da0efd84c095e80bc4a8a5862216 |
Alternative Installation
Use this installation if you don't use one of the distributions listed above, or have modified or replaced the default kernel. Please see the README (Text
) for instructions on compiling and installing the tar file or source RPM. The documentation for doing this is contained in the package.
| Kernel Supported | Kernel Driver File | MD5 Sum |
| Kernel Tar File | NVIDIA_nforce-1.0-0248.tar.gz | ac7e48f15ce0ae36ba3d3ee8b1fd23b7 |
| Source RPM | NVIDIA_nforce-1.0-0248.src.rpm | 513461eff1a3418647aafea9a922a8b9 |
STEP 4: Install
Please read the README (Text
) for details on unpacking and installing the drivers.
If you have any questions or problems, please check the linux discussion forum. If you don't find an answer to your question there, you can send email to linux-nforce-bugs@nvidia.com
